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Groovy vs Scala Native: What are the differences?
What is Groovy? A dynamic language for the Java platform. Groovy builds upon the strengths of Java but has additional power features inspired by languages like Python, Ruby and Smalltalk. It makes modern programming features available to Java developers with almost-zero learning curve.
What is Scala Native? Your favourite language gets closer to bare metal. Scala Native is a new ahead-of-time compiler and lightweight managed runtime designed specifically for Scala. Project is currently in pre-release stage.
Groovy and Scala Native can be primarily classified as "Languages" tools.
Groovy and Scala Native are both open source tools. It seems that Scala Native with 3.62K GitHub stars and 248 forks on GitHub has more adoption than Groovy with 1.49K GitHub stars and 414 GitHub forks.
Pros of Groovy
- Java platform44
- Much more productive than java33
- Concise and readable29
- Very little code needed for complex tasks28
- Dynamic language22
- Nice dynamic syntax for the jvm13
- Very fast9
- Can work with JSON as an object7
- Easy to setup7
- Supports closures (lambdas)6
- Literal Collections6
- Syntactic sugar3
- Optional static typing3
- Developer Friendly2
Pros of Scala Native
- Scala is just much easier to program in than Rust1
- Interop with C libraries1
- Scala Native is fast and lightweight1
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Cons of Groovy
- Groovy Code can be slower than Java Code3
- Absurd syntax1
- Objects cause stateful/heap mess1